Just incredible. (Lawyer advertising itt)

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#26
isn't Florida a no-fault state? so the injured person just has to file a claim to get paid, I believe. seems like easy money if you have a volume driven practice
 
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#27
volinbham said:
I don't see how this will turn a non-insurance cheat into an insurance cheat. I can see how it would be helpful to know what you should do in an accident to protect yourself legally. Maybe the lawyer who is doing it thinks it will lead to more lawsuits but that's a pretty simplified view of people and their motivations.
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Hate to say it, but after what I've seen in the insurance business, I've got to go with LG on this one.
 
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#28
If this means ppl can start working their own crashes....I am all for it!
 
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#29
YorkVol said:
Just saw one of those outside of our facility last year--a couple clearly ran into the back of an SUV that had magnetic signs advertising that it was a commercial vehicle. They were certainly hoping for a pay-off. Which proves my point, the guy in front needed to have his lawyer on the phone for his own protection. Not that I believe every fender bender needs to be litigated, but if they go there I need to be able to also.

Bottom line, if I'm in The Villages visiting my parents and get into a wreck, I'm calling you. What information do you want me to collect to make your job easier?
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People don't have insurance defense attorneys ahead of time. In fact, even a commercial venture is going to be appointed an attorney after the fact by their insurer.

No doubt the people in her accident just called 1-800-ask-gary or some other such charade.
 
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hndog609 said:
Or you could look at it this way; that there are people that would put you in the above scenario is actually a pretty good reason to have your own legal advice close at hand.
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Sure, but again, people don't have defense counsel for civil cases ahead of time, especially in car accident cases. You might have the wherewithal to have a criminal defense attorney on your contacts list just in case, but you aren't going to have an attorney on file for defending an auto case.
 
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volinbham said:
I don't see how this will turn a non-insurance cheat into an insurance cheat. I can see how it would be helpful to know what you should do in an accident to protect yourself legally. Maybe the lawyer who is doing it thinks it will lead to more lawsuits but that's a pretty simplified view of people and their motivations.
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Its a marketing tool, pure and simple. There is absolutely nothing in that app that you can't find in an instant on your own, other than the name of the attorney who sends you the app to put on your phone.
 
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#32
volinbham said:
I don't see how this will turn a non-insurance cheat into an insurance cheat. I can see how it would be helpful to know what you should do in an accident to protect yourself legally. Maybe the lawyer who is doing it thinks it will lead to more lawsuits but that's a pretty simplified view of people and their motivations.
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it's why insurance companies offer a similar app. Many people are shaken and forget to get certain things in an accident. It's nothing more than an ad and a checklist
 
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#33
Funny, most of the time they can't find their DL,registration and proof of insurance but they always have a cell or two! Maybe traffic divisions across the U.S. can come up with an app that you can just text all the info along with the details and photos of the crash and then you will receive the report back in 3 working days.
 
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#34
lawgator1 said:
Its a marketing tool, pure and simple. There is absolutely nothing in that app that you can't find in an instant on your own, other than the name of the attorney who sends you the app to put on your phone.
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I know it's a marketing tool but that doesn't make it bad in and of itself.

Reminds me of the lawyer cards with instructions on what to do if you get pulled for a DUI. Marketing yes but probably info someone may not know.
 
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volinbham said:
I know it's a marketing tool but that doesn't make it bad in and of itself.

Reminds me of the lawyer cards with instructions on what to do if you get pulled for a DUI. Marketing yes but probably info someone may not know.
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People don't commit fraud every day pretending to get pulled over for DUI, iirc.
 
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#37
lawgator1 said:
People don't commit fraud every day pretending to get pulled over for DUI, iirc.
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Sure but they are going to continue committing fraud every day. The premise that this is a net negative is that it will encourage more fraud than it helps people with legit needs.

I'd like to see evidence of that rather than assume that this app will suddenly cause a ramp up in insurance fraud. Balance that against having information on hand if you get hit to know what to say/do and as importantly what not to say/do.
 
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GAVol said:
I know. But when he's right, he's right. Between the needless involvement of an ambulance chaser that takes 1/3 of the settlement and the fraud angle, it's just unseemly.
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Bingo.

As an attorney, I cringe when I see stuff like this.

I know many successful plaintiffs' attorneys and a number are good friends. Trust me, when a new potential client walks through the door, their singular concern is how much they can make off the case.
 
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